create alias for slash-commands

[Deleted]

hey,

i'm looking for a way to create aliases for slash commands in WoW so that instead of e.g. /readycheck i could type /rdc (or some other acronym or phrase of MY choosing).

From googling I've found a GlobalStrings.lua referenced where slash commands are supposed to be stored but that info seems to be outdated since it doesn't exist in my WoW-folder.
I also don't really want to mess with any WoW-internal files. Obviously, addons can create slash-commands so if it's not too much to ask i'd be glad if someone could hack a quick .lua file together for me to put the aliases in.

Any other tips or pointers are appreciated.

Regards,
zora

P.S.:

SLASH_RL = '/rl';
function SlashCmdList.RL(msg, editbox)
 ReloadUI();
end

SLASH_RDC = '/rdc';
function SlashCmdList.RDC(msg, editbox)
 DoReadyCheck();
end

I got this far. The /rl alias works (triggers Reload UI). But the /rdc alias doesn't work. Why?

[Deleted]

From the GlobalStrings.lua which you mentioned:

SLASH_READYCHECK1 = "/readycheck";
SLASH_READYCHECK2 = "/readycheck";

Adding an additional command should be as simple as:

SLASH_READYCHECK3 = "/rdc"

Just drop it into its own addon.

[Deleted]

But I don't have a GlobalStrings.lua

What I do have is my own addon already (using your guide, actually, a while back) but I'm missing the correct code to implement aliases.

[cremor]

You do have a GlobalStrings.lua for sure, otherwise you WoW won't work. You just don't see it as a plain text file because it's included in one of the WoW data files. There is a FrameXML extraction utility provided by Blizzard if you want to look at the files (or you could just browse them at https://github.com/tekkub/wow-ui-source).

You don't need to implement the alias. Just add the one line of Treeston's second code block to a lua file, create a matching toc file and it should work.

[Deleted]

Nope, sadly that didn't work. Thanks for the suggestions though.
I managed to do it using this code:

SlashCmdList['RELOADUI'] = function() ReloadUI() end
SLASH_RELOADUI1 = '/rl'
SLASH_RELOADUI2 = '/reloadui'

SlashCmdList['RDYCHK'] = function() DoReadyCheck() end
SLASH_RDYCHK1 = '/rdc'
SLASH_RDYCHK2 = '/rc'

In case anyone wants the whole, working "addon" i've uploaded it here:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php...34773782099620

Regards,
zora